17 killed, 59 injured by mine-truck explosion in Ghana
ACCRA: At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying...
US, Russia hold last-ditch talks on Ukraine war fears
GENEVA - Washington and Moscow's top diplomats meet Friday in Geneva in a last-ditch bid for a solution over Ukraine, with the United States...
England to ban loudspeaker ‘spam’ on trains
LONDON: UK transport chiefs on Friday said that bothersome on-board train announcements would be cut in a bid to offer more peaceful journeys, a...
Can the US and Russia find a diplomatic ‘off-ramp’ on Ukraine?
KYIV: The United States has called for a diplomatic solution with Russia to resolve a crisis over Ukraine, but in public at least, the...
US Senate sinks Biden push for major voting rights reforms
WASHINGTON - US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden's push to defend voting rights against what Democrats frame as an...
Biden press conference marks start of difficult second year
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden holds a rare press conference Wednesday to kick off his second year in office, hoping to reset the agenda...
Myanmar football teams withdraw from tournaments again
Two Myanmar football teams have pulled out of Asian tournaments for the second year running, officials said Wednesday, as the country faces ongoing turmoil...
Indonesian militant jailed for 15 years over 2002 Bali bombings
An Indonesian court sentenced an Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militant to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in the 2002 bombings that killed...
ExxonMobil targets ‘net zero’ emissions at operations by 2050
NEW YORK - ExxonMobil pledged Tuesday to reach "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions in its operations by 2050, but stopped short of extending the...
Austria raises alarm about ‘dramatic’ femicide plague
VIENNA: Painted in blood red on an improvised memorial in Vienna, the number 31 is a stark reminder of a grim toll: the women...
